Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2005 16:41:42 -0500 From: Kirk Strauser <kirk@strauser.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Happy Hacking keyboard, Emacs, and meta Message-ID: <200510091641.48542.kirk@strauser.com>
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I have an older PS2 Happy Hacking Lite Keyboard (love it!), but I'm getting
reacquainted with Emacs and one aspect of the keyboard is driving me nuts: I
can't seem to get the diamond keys (like "Windows keys") to send only Meta to
Emacs.
I use KDE on FreeBSD 6.0-BETA5 and have it set to run "setxkbmap -option
-option altwin:meta_win" at login. If I run "xev" and press those keys, I
see events like:
KeyPress event, serial 29, synthetic NO, window 0x4000001,
root 0x9e, subw 0x0, time 110894777, (1067,874), root:(1071,907),
state 0x0, keycode 115 (keysym 0xffe7, Meta_L), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes:
XFilterEvent returns: False
... and ...
KeyPress event, serial 26, synthetic NO, window 0x4000001,
root 0x9e, subw 0x0, time 110914901, (651,795), root:(655,828),
state 0x0, keycode 116 (keysym 0xffe8, Meta_R), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes:
XFilterEvent returns: False
However, if I run Emacs and type C-h k (describe-key) and then M-a, for
example, I get the error message "H-M-s-a is undefined" as though the
keyboard is sending Hyper-Meta-shift(?)-a instead.
I'd like to get this fixed ASAP, as using ESC for Meta for the rest of my life
doesn't seem too appealing.
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Kirk Strauser
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